Glimpse: Using literature and survey data from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal, the study examines the present uptake of small-scale irrigation (SSI), its profitability, and the barriers to its further implementation in the Sahel. This research examines the labor profitability of SSI and clearly distinguishes between farmer-led SSI (FSSI) and non-farmer-led SSI (NFSSI), in contrast to the majority of irrigation literature in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Covariates between SSIs and non-SSIs as well as between FSSIs and non-FSSIs are balanced using inverse probability weighting techniques. The Sahel region’s SSI adoption rates are extremely low, according to the findings.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5048785